The Art of Sliding - A review of the Sliding technique

[Psy]

I have tried to use those pins to pin my baits but they just slide out. Any advice?

   your baits are too small?
Use longer skewer / kebab sticks   

[REEFMAN]

Time to revive this thread with more tips and greater experience?!Share your tips and experiences with Sliding...
Anyone tried to slide on braid with a Grinder?

[MIKE PIKE]

Never tried sliding with braid  , bit sceptical about trying it , especially on thin diameter braid like whiplash , not sure about the thicker braids though , could work ... .

[Half-Pint]

I recall somewhere that the slide doesn't "bite" on the thinner braids and therefore washes up your line. In order to get the slide to lock down through the shore break one needs to use something around 100lb or more. In this case we are back to mono territory

[Kes]

Time to revive this thread with more tips and greater experience?!Share your tips and experiences with Sliding...
Anyone tried to slide on braid with a Grinder?

Haven't tried with braid yet but in theory it should work. The action of the non return slide is the important thing to remember and in my mind the action wouldn't change with the type of line being used. But like I said, i haven't tried yet so not sure.. 

[Nooduck]

Braid can be used for sliding. My fishing buddy used 65lbs braid and it seemed that his slide actually reached the end faster than on my mono rig.

[MIKE PIKE]

Should work on 65lb braid an above as on 65lb braid the diameter is 0.41 mm on J Braid and 80 lb is 0.43.

[VISCHAL]

I have used it, 48 pound gator brade. Not a fan. There are times when the bait slides our perfectly, especially when alive however have had issues when there is weed or dirt in the water. Dirt seems to latch onto brade and the slide gets stuck. The wave break and side wash are other issue in that if the slide trace tangles with the brade then chances are you are going to lose allot of it and this can become an expensive outing. There are many instances that I got hookups while sliding, and currently with many anglers fishing next to each other getting tangled with them is an issue hence I prefer using mono due to these reasons.

[Busanga]

Ok hopefully this will help someone out there... we'll add to it as more info becomes available. If you have good pics of Slide Baits, please forward them to admin@ultimateangling.co.za - I've bombed all my Bait pics out!! 

What a fantastic thread, this has helped me tremendously.


Just one thing I think is typo .. First image of set up of sliding rig I think the line to the weight should be 0.5 not 50lb..  because it says mainline is 0.55 and lead weight line should be less...  ??

[REEFMAN]

The sinker line strength is not critical, but once your sinker is buried, you need to keep the line tight when sliding your bait out. Pulling your rod up and down with some force while sliding places an enormous strain on the sinker line (being the endpoint, the forces are greatest here).  Just makes sense to have it equal or more than the mainline - you don't want it to break while sliding your bait down...

[Busanga]

The sinker is tied to the Stopper ring using a diameter mono that is slightly less than your mainline. Should you not be able to dislodge your sinker on retrieval, the sinker line will break, and you won't lose your entire trace or fish. Another good idea to prevent losing your entire trace is to tie an overhand knot in your sinker line. This weakens the line by about 40% and under pressure, the line will break at this point.